thumbnail, 250px, Aztec singing (shown with speech scrolls) and dancing presumably to Atlahua God, an illustration from ''Rig Veda Americanus'', an 1890 book on American aboriginal literature
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Aztec mythology
Aztec mythology is the body or collection of myths of the Aztec civilization of Central Mexico. The Aztecs were a culture living in central Mexico and much of their mythology is similar to that of other Mesoamerican cultures. According to legend ...
, Atlahua, Ahtlahua, Atlahoa, Atlavâ
or Atlaua was a water God (the blue version of
Tlaloc, the Tlaloc from the South
), fisherman and archer. There were said to be at least four ancient Aztec temples at which he was worshiped, the tallest supposedly being over 200 feet tall (61 metres) . The Aztecs prayed to him when there were deaths in water, such as when
Hernando Cortez Hernando is a common Spanish given name, equivalent to Fernando and the English Ferdinand. It may refer to:
Places
;Argentina
* Hernando, Córdoba
;Canada
* Hernando Island, British Columbia
;United States
* Hernando, Florida
* Hernando Count ...
conquered
Tenochtitlan
, also known as Mexico-Tenochtitlan, was a large Mexican in what is now the historic center of Mexico City. The exact date of the founding of the city is unclear, but the date 13 March 1325 was chosen in 1925 to celebrate the 600th annivers ...
(the Ancient Aztec capital on a lake, now Mexico City), and the lake was said to be "floating with heads and corpses".
The original image appears in General History of the Things of New Spain by Fray
Bernardino de Sahagún
Bernardino de Sahagún ( – 5 February 1590) was a Franciscan friar, missionary priest and pioneering ethnographer who participated in the Catholic evangelization of colonial New Spain (now Mexico). Born in Sahagún, Spain, in 1499, he jour ...
: The Florentine Codex. Book II: The Ceremonies.
References
category:Aztec mythology and religion
category:water deities
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